When I began my journey becoming a US Army Chaplain I had
to complete some graduate work in religion. While scouting out universities I
stumbled across a one that was surprisingly biased. All applicants were
required to sign two supporting documents:
The first was a statement that the Bible
is the only word of God and all other texts including “The Book of Mormon, the
Koran, the Torah, etc.” are false scripture and should not be included in one’s
studies.
The second required document explained the Trinity being God the Father, God the Son, and
God the Holy Ghost are one being and not three separate individuals and any other
belief is false and would not be condoned at the university.
Well then...it was quite clear
that Jews, Muslims and Mormons were not welcome at that institution which was
fine by me, if they didn’t want me then I didn’t want them. But I’ll be honest;
there was still a sting of rejection.
So naturally I was surprised to look at
the news today and see that very same school, Liberty University in Lynchburg,
Virginia, had invited Mitt Romney to offer the commencement address. I was baffled;
a university that made it clear Mormons were not welcomed as students offered
one of their highest honors to one of those exact same Mormons! And I was also
baffled that one of those exact same Mormons would want to give the
commencement address at a university that don’t really want people of his faith
at their school!
Well, as far as I can tell Liberty University hates Obama more than they
hate Mormons even though Obama subscribes to a far more traditional form of
Christianity than Mormons do. As for Romney…well he’ll go anywhere and say anything
as long as it might get him a few more votes.
Politics.
1 comment:
This kind of thing makes me nuts! we were invited to check a school out for Cameron in Houston. The first pamphlet they gave us listed all the beliefs the University had. And then they spent time telling us how great it would be for us to go to their school. Confusing!
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